September 7, 2020Prisoners held in solitary ask full Ninth Circuit for review Last week, men who sued the state of California for imprisoning them in solitary confinement for over a decade continued their fight. A...
In May 2013, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) undertook a fact-finding mission in California and Louisiana to evaluate the death penalty...
Updated: November 18, 2013
The Center for Constitutional Rights’ longstanding case, Al Shimari v. CACI , brought on behalf of three Iraqi torture survivors against U.S.-based government contractor CACI Premier Technology...
Updated: October 24, 2024
On Friday, March 5, 2021, at 2 p.m. ET, join the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP for an oral argument on the government’s motion to...
Updated: March 4, 2021
April 1, 2019"The Women of Cancer Alley" - A Freedom Flicks screening [caption align="right"] [/caption] On April 18, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Louisiana Bucket Brigade will be hosting a short-film...
Attorneys for Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors Say Case Petitioned to SCOTUS Survives June 17, 2021, Washington, D.C. –Today, the United States Supreme Court limited – but did not foreclose – the ability...
A Brief history of the Alien Tort Statute Adopted as part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) has been part of U.S. law for more than 200 years, and allows non-U.S. citizens to...
Updated: February 6, 2017
July 19, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement today support of the hunger strikers at the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit: "The Center for...
December 10, 2017...Extended solitary confinement can and does lead to prolonged and sometimes permanent negative socio-psychological and physical effects. In a recent study on the mental health consequences of...
We stand in solidarity with Iraqis and all other people harmed by U.S. imperialism March 15, 2023, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Center for Constitutional...
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